I really enjoyed reading "The Passionate Teacher." I really agreed with the statement that sometimes no one in schools "cares about what is going on intellectually or in the classroom." I think that this happens too often, for reasons like pressure on teachers to have their students pass standardized testing and a lack on parental involvement in their children's education. Also, the concept of "The Game of School" makes a lot of sense to me. I think that doing routine exercises and tasks that are "mindless" take away from the joy of learning for children. Children are in school usually 6 hours a day, and doing routine/boring tasks definitely makes learning seem like a chore. Something that stuck out to me is that teachers are likely to give out short answer questions (and I believe multiple choice as well) in order to save time. I disagree with having questions like these on tests because there is a very small amount of through thinking and understanding required. I believe that this is why so many students graduate prepared to succeed in college.